leal

adj

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The verdict

“leal” is uncommon French (frequency #60,919 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,919
frequency rank, French
128,088
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de loial.

Key facts for leal
PropertyValue
Headwordleal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Frequency rank#60,919
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “leal” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). leal lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

leal is uncommon French at frequency #60,919 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de loial.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for leal, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is leal, spelled L-E-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de loial.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "leal"?
"leal" is spelled L-E-A-L.
What does "leal" mean?
As an adjective, "leal" means: Variante de loial.
What language does "leal" come from?
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Using “leal”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is L-E-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list